Wife: Doc killed in lake plane crash left a letter

July 25, 2010

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — The wife of a doctor who is missing and presumed dead after a medical plane crashed into Lake Michigan says her husband wrote a letter in the final minutes before the aircraft plunged saying it had lost power.

Ann Hall says a note found in Dr. James Hall's medical bag explains that they turned back after losing power Friday morning and were praying that they would be "taken care of."

She says he said, "We love you."

Ann Hall read the message to The Morning Sun in Mount Pleasant on Saturday. She said her husband's bag was recovered from the lake.

Authorities have ended the search for Hall and two others on board the plane, and will resume operations to find their bodies on Sunday.